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Novelist to deliver lecture on ethics and public policy

Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh will deliver the 23rd annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy, the University announced in a press release Monday.

The Hesburgh Lecture, which the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies established in honor of University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, is devoted to examining “an issue related to ethics and public policy in the context of peace and justice,” according to the press release.

Ghosh — who has received the Arthur C. Clarke award, the Crossword Book Prize and a Man Booker Prize shortlisting — will explore the topic of climate change and address the current discussion of the topic, which “has skewed the discourse in certain directions with predominantly economic characterizations of problems and technological solutions,” the press release said.

“The Kroc Institute is delighted to partner with the Department of English and the Liu Institute in welcoming Amitav Ghosh to deliver this important annual lecture,” Ruth Abbey, interim director of the Kroc Institute, said in the release.

Ghosh will deliver his lecture at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Jordan Auditorium of the Mendoza College of Business.